Rad Hourani is RAD!

Maury and I attended the Rad by Rad Hourani presentation at the “Yard” of the Soho Grand Hotel this evening. Finally, a chance to see Maury for the first time in a while! For those of
you not familiar with the designer, here’s a quick bio:  Rad Hourani is a fashion designer based in New
York. Canadian-born, Hourani worked as a model scout before becoming a fashion
stylist and video director, finally moving into fashion design. He showed his
first collection for Spring 2008 in Paris, and has since shown in New York. I
first learned of Rad during my years as a fashion stylist in Toronto. Everyone
knows Rad as having a penchant for the color black, just take a look at his
SP08 show..but today were impressed to see him sprinkle some color into his
bridge collection, and mind you, this kid is in his early 20’s! What a feat!

Here I am wearing my Philip Lim 3.1 dress from his "Go Green" line. Its a bit too big for me but I can make it work better with a cropped blazer next time. Necklace by Lee Angel.

Maury wears an American Apparel bodysuit, Herve Leger skirt and newly purchased Stella McCartney heels.

 
 
At the party we bumped into our fab stylist friend Fernando! Such a treat to see him.

He
was accompanied by a pair of cute fashionista gals...

and his friend Andrew who was
rockin’ that coveted Christopher Kane “gorilla” tee, argh! Sold out everywhere! and check out his cuffs!

After
the event we dined at Balthazar’s. Maury had the chicken..

and I had the duck confit, both were tasty dishes :-)

After dinner we, and after a few drinks, we decided to horse around a bit on the streets of Soho..




Maury took this pic of me while I rested my feet, after a couple of hours standing, thos Tribs will kill ya..
 
This one's a lil out of focus, but I just love the way Maury's standing..

So we're done with our shoot! time to get these damned shoes off and get into something more comfortable..

Check out the awesome spiked shell bracelet Maury brought me from Costa Rica!

Lastly, some pics of revelers...God I want those harem sequin pants! and I think those are Bess studded boots..sigh..

Guys in high heels? I can "dig it!" Prince would love Rad's aesthetic too.

 

I took pics of one of the male models with my cam, wanted to try without the flash.. Loved the outcome!

 

 

And last note I want to make, I'm so pissed that I didn't get a pic of Ms. Lanphear when she walked in! By the time i russled up my cam she had already passed me by! argh! She looked amazing as usual.

So what do you guys think of Rad's bridge collection thus far?